The course is designed to allow established coaches and trainers to expand their knowledge base and incorporate multi-sport programming into their current athlete training programs.

The course is NOT intended as a standalone certification, but focuses primarily on integration of different sports and allowing a specialized coach to work with athletes who may wish to learn new disciplines or enhance their athletic abilities without compromising their primary sport.

The course outline includes:

An introduction to hybrid training methods, initially focusing on strength training for endurance athletes and endurance training for strength athletes.

Physiology of metabolism and energy systems, their management, effect on recovery and adaptations to training.

Designing and applying programs for specific athletes, including developing an understanding of stressor consolidation and overlap

Prerequisites: One coaching or training certification and 8-12 months in formal coaching capacity. Accepted certifications include (but are not limited to) NSCA-CSCS, NSCA-CPT, ACE, ISSA, ACSM, NASM, USAT, USATF, CrossFit level 1-3. Please email your certification to elise.fugowski@completehumanperformance.com. You can register and take the exam, but you will not receive your certification or be listed as a certified hybrid coach until you submit your credentials.

Requirements: The course consists of 6 short webinars and two required readings. There will be a content-based exam and two attempts at specific program design. Participants must pass both the exam and program design in order to obtain their certification.

After registering for this course, you will have access to all of the webinars, which must be completed in a linear progression. You can proceed through the course at your own pace. You can submit questions to elise.fugowski@completehumanperformance.com at any time.